The Front Runner (film)

The Front Runner
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJason Reitman
Screenplay by
Based onAll the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid
by Matt Bai
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEric Steelberg
Edited byStefan Grube
Music byRob Simonsen
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release dates
  • August 31, 2018 (2018-08-31) (Telluride)
  • November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) (United States)
Running time
114 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million
Box office$3.2 million[2][3]

The Front Runner is a 2018 American political drama film directed by Jason Reitman, based on the 2014 book All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid by Matt Bai, who co-wrote the screenplay with Reitman and Jay Carson. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J. K. Simmons, and Alfred Molina. It chronicles the rise of American Senator Gary Hart, the front-runner candidate to be the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, and his subsequent fall from grace when media reports suggested he was having an extramarital affair.

The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 6, 2018, by Columbia Pictures. It received mixed reviews; while Jackman was praised for his performance, critics said the rest of the cast felt wasted and the film did not "dive deep enough into its central issues to make a compelling argument."[4] The film was a box-office bomb, earning just $3.2 million against its $25 million budget.

  1. ^ "The Front Runner". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on September 3, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "The Front Runner (2018) - Financial Infirmation". The Numbers. Archived from the original on April 19, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  3. ^ "The Front Runner (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  4. ^ Fujitani, Ryan (November 21, 2018). "Ralph Breaks the Internet and Creed II Are Certified Fresh". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2018.